Bank check and check bock



W. HATE@ BANK CHECK AND CHECK BOOK Filed Jan. s1 1922 IW W m m w m g K 52% im Mg m mmm umm n mum LLARS CE E* DsPosl-reu AMT THIS GHECI BAL cARn Hmmm;

WlT/VESSES l/Vf/Ell/TUH m Roy Bumm A TTORIIIEVS lilatcntcd ittpin nnrrnnsra tnrnnr application tiled .lsnnarv 3l., 1025?'. Seriatltto. 533,079.

To all 'whom t may concern.w i

Be it known that T, liter Barns, a citizen ol the United States, and a resident ojt llevada, in the county ot" Vernon and tltate oit Missouri, have `invented a new and Tin- `proved bank Check and Check lzloolr, ot

which the following is a description.

An object ot my invention to provide a safety check oit a character to prevent the l@ checlr being raised materially beyond the amount lor which the checlr is drawn.

iti :further object ot the invention is to provide a checlr bool; having a cutting or severing attachment ior detaching a corner lll' or corners 0la checl: embodying my invention. i i

The nature ol the invention and its distinctive features and characteristics will clearly appear as the description proceeds. ltteterence is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, it being understood that the drawings are merely illustrative of one example ot the invention. y

Figure l is a tace view ot a checlr embodying my invention and a cutter;

ligure 2 is an edge view ot the check boolr embodying my invention;

lFigure 3 is a fragmentary view oit the lm check: boolr` illustrating the manner oit using the cutter; y

Figure `Il is a fragmentary view ot the check indicating the manner ot removing a portion, or portions, ot the checlr tor carry llt ing `out the safety leature.

Tn carrying out my invention in practice the body l0 ol the check and the stub ll. maybe of conventional form. tlontinir ouely around the body ot the check or at lll least continuously at the outer end l and along the sides is a border l2 oiltransverse lines or other distinctive character.

Obliquely at the outer corners ot the V checlr body l produce parallel rows of tit amounts representinp1 given monetary values.

"Un the clieclr iiace there is printed or otherwise produced the notice This checlr is not good tor more than.

ln the use ot the checlr the designated 50 monetary values at the corners are torn oil' except the one nearest to and above the amount for which the check is` drawn. els ifor example the illustrated checlr is drawn W l'or 51310.00 and the checlr is severed to re move all the indicated monetary values at the corners except 510.00 and amounts betitl llltli low $10.00 so that the ellect of the notice is that the check is not good for more than tiene. j

will be observed that the indicated monetary values at the corners entend across the adjacent portions ot the border l2 and therefore the eheclr will have when the portions are severed in accordance with the amount for which the check is drawn oblique border lines at the right hand end. llt all events the part ci? the border l2 at the end or' the oheclr will. remain. llt it should be attempted to remove the notice This check is not good tor more than and the `limiting amount printed obliquely in an attempt to raise the checlr, it will be necessary to sever the check laterally inward from the end border portion which will indicate to thebank that the check is not a proper one but has been wrongfully mutilated. Furthermore, it is to be observed that the available lace ol the check for receiving the features entering into the check for completeness or the latter, extends between the respective oblique series of monetary values for which reason any attempt to raise the check must involve the severing ot the safety :teatures for the removal of the oblique lines and monetary values as well as the words This check is not good lor more than and it will be seen that the removal ot the oblique lines will remove also the check numben the amount of the check as expressed in numerals and the word doL lars so that the checlr will then be incomplete and a mere fragment and not redeemable.

To prevent the restoring or corners on the check by parties attempting to raise the check, T provide 'for severing the oblique lines on an irregular line to leave a serrated edge tor which purpose the checlrL hoolr t has a cutting device in the form of an eX- tension designated by the numeral ld. Said extension has a weakened or loldable zone in which is an elongated opening l@ for permitting a corner ot the checlr to be passed. through the severing device at said zone l5. The outer transverse edge ofthe severing device llis provided with a cutter 17 in the l'orm or a clip or strip ot metal having saw teeth to torni a cutter. The check having been torn trom the stub, the cutter device is l-olded at the approximate medial line ot the Zone l5 and the corner of the check passed through the opening l0.

l would state in conclusion that While the illustrated example constitutes a. practical embodiment of my invention, l do not limit myself strictly to the exact details herein illustrated, since, manifestly, the same can he considerably Varied Without departure trom the spirit oi the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim: y

l. A check book having an extension at the outer end constituting a cutting device, said cutting device being foldable on itself and having an opening therethrough at the folding zone for the passage through the opening of a corner of a check, the edge ol said extension having a cutter.

is a neu' article of manufacture, a check hook having a cutter toldahle ou itselil and 'formed with un opening Vfor the passage therethrough of a corner of u check, the end edge of the said extension being provided with a cutter, said cutter having a serrated cutting edge.

ROY BATES. 

